HP LaserJet Pro P1109w: monochrome Wi-Fi printing with a 160-sheet arrangement review

An earlier wireless printer for modest monochrome batches

The HP LaserJet Pro P1109w is a print-only monochrome laser with USB, ordinary 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and 160 ordinary input sheets. It fits a prepared computer document routine, with a separately documented AirPrint arrangement after checking compatible firmware. Its deciding limitation is manual two-sided printing, with no scanner or automatic duplex mechanism.

HP's exact US product listing identifies CE662A and explicitly says discontinued. This review covers the documented 115–127-volt, 60-Hz low-voltage edition. The separately listed 220–240-volt, 50-Hz configuration is a different regional power version, and HP explicitly says the supply is not dual voltage. Check the actual unit's rating.

The genuine P1109w technical record describes one black print cartridge and printer functions. A generated supply-store paragraph mentioning scan and copy does not add missing document-capture hardware.

Prepare the computer or network path you will actually use

For direct computer printing, use an actually compatible driver and the appropriate A-to-B USB cable, no longer than two metres under the original guide's specification. Its installation routine connects USB when the installer requests it. The Americas box excludes that cable.

The wireless route uses a compatible 802.11b/g network. The original configuration utility can temporarily connect the computer by USB to set the network arrangement. Confirm the actual network address on the configuration page, then use the compatible installed computer driver for ordinary jobs.

This Wi-Fi radio is not an Ethernet port. The original back view shows USB and power rather than a wired-network socket. Historical Windows and Mac lists are not a blanket promise for a current operating system, and old Smart Install or ePrint instructions are not a present cloud-service guarantee.

HP's exact P1109w specifications independently name AirPrint and warn that mobile compatibility may require a firmware upgrade. With compatible firmware verified, connect the printer and supported Apple device to the suitable ordinary wireless network, select the printer in a print-enabled application and print. This is a separate mobile plan; it does not inherit every paper or envelope control from a desktop driver.

Older Wireless Direct wording has a separate meaning

The P1109w record also names legacy Wireless Direct. The revised original guide describes enabling its older direct feature through the embedded web server and using an HP print application. That wording does not establish the distinct Wi-Fi Direct protocol offered by the questionnaire.

The guide explicitly excludes P1102w from its HP Direct Print section, so even two close wireless model names should not be treated as identical. This P1109w assessment preserves its own positive legacy wording but uses the independently established ordinary Wi-Fi and AirPrint routes for matching. Mopria and PIN-held job release remain unconfirmed.

A wireless-administration password protects settings. The physical cable-lock slot protects equipment. Neither proves a workflow that stores a confidential print job until a user enters a PIN.

160 ordinary sheets, with one envelope in the priority slot

The original wireless configuration has a 150-sheet main tray and a ten-sheet priority feed. The capacity basis for ordinary main-tray paper is 75g/m². Letter, Legal and A4 each have positive checks in both original feed columns, establishing 160 included ordinary sheets of each size for the documented computer-driver plans.

Load ordinary paper face up with its top toward the printer, set the guides and straighten the full stack when adding stock. The small feed can hold a short ordinary batch; its special-media limits are different.

One supported envelope goes in the priority slot, while the main tray can hold up to ten envelopes. Load laser-compatible envelopes face up with the left short edge leading and match the actual size and Envelope media type in the driver. A priority envelope replaces the ordinary ten-sheet stack in that same feed.

Manual duplex selects the driver Finishing option, prints the first side, then requires the user to keep the stack orientation and reload it printed side down. Click Continue on the computer for side two. It is an attended paper routine, not automatic output.

Introductory and replacement toner are separate declarations

The exact P1109w box declaration includes an introductory black cartridge rated at approximately 700 pages under ISO/IEC 19752 and continuous printing. The 85A CE285A replacement is approximately 1,600 pages under ISO/IEC 19752. The original declaration names CE285A for P1109w, and HP's current cartridge compatibility list explicitly maps CE662A. Neither figure tells you the toner remaining in a used machine.

The maker maximum is 19 one-sided Letter pages per minute, separately 18 A4 in the original wireless comparison. Recommended volume is 250–1,500 pages per month, distinct from the 5,000-page maximum duty rating. No speed, quality, noise or running-cost measurement was made for this review.

Current exact body figures are 13.74 inches wide, 9.38 deep, 7.71 high and 11.6lb product weight. Paper supports, output and cartridge access need more room than that closed body. Choose the P1109w for a verified modest monochrome workflow; essential paper capture or unattended duplex needs different documented hardware.